Editing Absent Silhouette

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An {{nihongo|'''Absent Silhouette'''|アブセント・シルエット|Abusento Shiruetto}} is a phantom version of one of the five [[Organization XIII]] members who were eliminated at [[Castle Oblivion]] in ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories]]'': [[Vexen]], [[Lexaeus]], [[Zexion]], [[Marluxia]], and [[Larxene]]. They appear in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix]]'' as a set of optional bosses, and, upon defeat, relinquish a [[Lost Illusion]] and a synthesis [[Recipe]] that allows the Moogles to craft an item resembling the defeated Organization member's signature weapon. Defeating an Absent Silhouette also allows Sora to challenge his or her [[Organization XIII's Replica Data]] at the [[Garden of Assemblage]].

After [[Sora]] and company have a brief brush with [[Demyx]] in the [[Cave of the Dead: Inner Chamber]], a ghostly sphere appears, emblazoned with the image of a [[Lexicon]] titled ''Absent Silhouettes'', but they decide not to mess with it. Later, after the group faces Demyx's water forms in the [[Underworld Caverns: Atrium]], the Nobody retreats, but he reappears before they can move on to [[the Lock]]. He tells them about Absent Silhouettes, which he describes as "shadowy presences of those who were slain." He explains that they can take many forms, and that even though they are only shadowy presences, Sora can face them in battle.<ref>'''Demyx:''' "Exactly, though they come in all different shapes and sizes. The item belongs to its owner, who is now nothing more than a shadowy presence. But you can still fight them, of course. And as you do, it'll slowly awaken the real you."</ref>

The Absent Silhouette initially appears as a dark sphere depicting a silhouette of the slain member's weapon, with thornbeams and wisps of the respective member's element circling around it.<ref>As Zexion's element of Illusion is immaterial, his sphere represents it by fading in and out.</ref> When Sora accepts an Absent Silhouette's challenge, it warps him, as well as Donald and Goofy, to the location that the Organization member it represents was defeated, then takes on the form of its respective Organization member before commencing the battle.<ref>The battle against Marluxia's Absent Silhouette mimics the first phase of his final battle, without his Second and Third Forms, in the Second form's battlefield.</ref>

Though they serve as rematches with bosses from ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'', each Absent Silhouette has a vastly different fighting style than in that game. For example, in ''Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories'', Larxene throws her [[Foudre]] and Zexion uses his [[Book of Retribution]] to create doppelgangers of himself using skills stolen from his opponent, while in ''Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix'', Larxene's Absent Silhouette creates clones of herself for speedy attacks from multiple directions and Zexion's Absent Silhouette uses the Book of Retribution to trap his prey in a pocket dimension. The Absent Silhouettes do not speak at all; instead they simply grumble, grunt, laugh, or cry out when hit or when they perform their attacks.

#'''Vexen's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion|11th Floor]] facsimile of the [[Old Mansion]], and it relinquishes a [[Lost Illusion]] and the [[Road to Discovery]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears in [[The Peddler's Shop]] after the shop is remodeled during Sora's second visit to Agrabah.

#'''Lexaeus's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion|Station of Remembrance]], and it relinquishes a Lost Illusion and the [[Strength Beyond Strength]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears at the [[Sandlot]] after Sora defeats the Nobodies there on his second visit to Twilight Town.

#'''Zexion's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion|3rd Basement]] facsimile of [[Destiny Islands]], and it relinquishes a Lost Illusion and the [[Book of Shadows]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears in the [[Inner Chamber]] upon reaching it during Sora's first visit to the Olympus Coliseum.

#'''Marluxia's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion|Station of Oblivion]], and it relinquishes a Lost Illusion and the [[Eternal Blossom]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears in [[The Beast's Room]] after Beast asks Belle and Sora to leave his castle.<!--reword:

#'''Larxene's Absent Silhouette''' is fought at the [[Castle Oblivion|Station of Remembrance]], and it relinquishes a Lost Illusion and the [[Cloaked Thunder]] Recipe. The portal to the battle appears at the [[Rock Face]] after Sora lands at Isla de Muerta during his first visit after the gunpowder battle on the ''Interceptor''.

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In ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep]]'' and ''[[Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix]]'', the [[Vanitas Remnant]] and the [[Battle Mission]] Unversed appear throughout the worlds. Like the Absent Silhouettes, the Vanitas Remnant initially appears as a dark sphere depicting the Keychain of the [[Void Gear]], and the Battle Mission Unversed appear as dark spheres depicting the Unversed emblem. However, the spheres are only surrounded by wisps of darkness, without any thornbeams.

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